Members of the Northwestern Shoshone burn sage to represent unity at a ceremony with both tribal and non-tribal members near Preston, Idaho. Associated Press photo by Jessie L. Bonner
Northern Shoshone Mark Bear River Massacre
Tribal members congregate in late January each year at the burial ground near the Bear River where soldiers felled hundreds of their ancestors in one of American history's bloodiest — but least remembered — massacres.
Feared Tribal Competition May Kill Kan. Casino
Concerns about a proposed tribal casino in Park City may scuttle plans for a Sumner County casino.
Human Rights Group Calls for Tribal Arrest Power
A northern Idaho human rights group says one of the region's county sheriffs is refusing to cooperate with the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe on law enforcement matters.
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Natives Need Change, Not Apology
The Senate passed an amendment Tuesday that calls for an apology to Native Americans on behalf of the government for its past misdeeds. But is an apology really what is needed when our health care, our security, our children's lives are at stake?
Growing the budget during tough times
President Barack Obama answered an important philosophical question last week: How will the federal government fully fund a starved Indian health system?
Feeling Racism
I have found that when a person has faced racism and discrimination, he can never forget it, it stays with him always. Seeing my mother treated with such disrespect and rudeness, only because of her race, was worse than being discriminated against myself.
Indigenous Language Institute Received Grant for Native Youth Language Project
The Native Youth Language Project will train 30 students from the Santa Fe Indian School on the use of technology tools to create digital stories and short films.
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'Visionary' Ex-Miss. Choctaw Chief Martin Dies
Phillip Martin, a longtime chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was remembered Friday as a visionary who lifted the tribe from stifling poverty with casinos and other businesses.
Tribes Encouraged to Tackle Suicide, Gangs
Gang activity and teen suicide on American Indian reservations need to be addressed together, according to a national gang expert who says there's a strong connection between the two problems.
Self-Help Speaker in Court for Sweat Lodge Deaths
Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of manslaughter at his first court appearance since being charged with causing three deaths at an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he led.
Interior Chief Tours Proposed Mass. Wind Farm Site
The secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, who is weighing the fate of a controversial wind farm proposed off Cape Cod, said Tuesday that killing the pioneering project wouldn't hurt the country's developing offshore wind industry.
Alabama Gov.: Casino Computer Changes Show Illegality
Gov. Bob Riley said Milton McGregor's decision to close Alabama's largest casino and update the computers Tuesday is proof the gambling machines were operating illegally.
4th Quarter Revenue Fell for Ariz's Tribal Casinos
Tribal-owned casinos in Arizona saw revenue fall 13 percent in last year's fourth quarter.
Sioux Reservation Struggling After Winter Storms
Sonny Brave Eagle and his family spent six days in the dark without a phone or working radio before law officers found them in their home after a fierce winter storm cut power across South Dakota's impoverished Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.
Wayne Newton Asks for Indian Tribal Recognition
"Mr. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton is asking Virginia legislators to grant state recognition to his Indian tribe.
Yellowstone Bison Going to Turner's Ranch
Billionaire Ted Turner is getting 88 Yellowstone National Park bison from a faltering Montana program that was supposed to put the disease-free animals on public or tribal lands.
Little Shell Opposition Sets March 6 Election
An opposition faction within Montana's Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians has scheduled a March 6 election, in defiance of the tribe's president and some council members who says the move is illegitimate.